Electric vehicle.



No. 636,965. Patented Nov. 14,, I899.

I T. B. ENTZ.

ELECTRIC VEHICLE.

(Application fllqll Au 5, 1899.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE B. ENTZ, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

ELECTRIC VEHICLE.

. SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 636,965, dated November 14, 1899.

' Application filedAugust 5, 1899. SerialNo. 726,280. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE B. ENTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have in-' vented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to afford comfort to the occupants of the carriage and to protect the battery from undue jars to which it might be subjected under certain well-known conditions.

To this and other ends the invention com prises the improvements hereinafter described and claimed.

The nature, characteristic features, 7 and scope of the invention will be more fully understood from the following description,taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, and in which is illustrated an electric vehicle embodying features of my invention.

In the drawing, 1 is a truck which con1 prises axles, reaches, perches, and wheels. This truck may also be advantageously equipped with steering-gear used as a support for the motor or motors.

*2 is a battery-box, and 3 are springs interposed between the battery-box and truck and constructed with reference to the duty which they have to perform in carrying the batterybox.

4 is a carriage-body complete in itself and equipped with seats and with provisions for the feet of the occupants. Between this carriage-body and the truck 'are' interposed springs 5, whose sole duty is to aiford com-v fort to the passengers.

The described construction presents advantages, of which the following may be stated: The battery-box is wholly independent of the carriage-body, so that its weight and mass do not cause the carriage-body to run heavily, and such fumes as are given off from it cannot reach the occupants of the carriage, because the box may be well ventilated. In the event of the vehicle traversing uneven roadways or obstructions the ensuing jars or shocks are compensated for independently by the respective sets of springs.

In this way the comfort of the passengers is reaches rigidly attached to the axles, amotor on the truck, a battery-box, a carriage-body, and two sets of springs whereof one set is in= terposed between the truck and ,the carriagebody and the other set is interposed between the-battery-box and the truck, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

. Y THEODORE B. ENTZ.

In presence of-- W. V. JACKSON,

V DORA STERNBERGER. 

